AI Use Is Being Driven by People Who Understand It the Least
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KingOfCoders
4 months ago
1 replyMost people I talk to do not understand how AND/OR gates work, or microcode, or even machine code and are happily hacking away in Python creating great things.
onecommentman
4 months ago
Great things, or great toys? Finger painting with code?
onecommentman
4 months ago
When you start blaming the audience/user, you’ve lost.
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